Comments on: How To Remote Control Your iPhone From Your Computer

By: Raafat_ahmed

Raafat_ahmed — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:43:00 +0000

I liked that and tested it yesterday .. My only concern is the delay on my pc. I click an icon, I find it opened on the iPhone and maybe after 1or 2 seconds it opened on my desktop .. Any solution for that delay ?

By: John Howard

John Howard — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:09:00 +0000

I wanted to have my iphone plugged in the stereo and change tunes etc. from my computer while working. This is perfect.

By: Tehninjah

Tehninjah — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 16:56:00 +0000

Eerm… use it with joypad? virtual keyboard? NO- Wait.

an app that controls a pc mouse. control one pc with another!

And freak your mates out!

By: erikwithak84

erikwithak84 — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 01:54:00 +0000

tried it through magic track pad….. nope gestures don’t communicate.

By: avian00

avian00 — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:05:26 +0000

So in summary...

1) Jailbreak your iPhone (beyond the scope of this HowTo, but incredibly convoluted and error-prone).
2) Install whatever you want, including a VNC server via Cydia (ridiculously simple after you've Jailbroken).

Hate to be a snob, but I'm not sure this is such an amazing HowTo. Especially given Apple's latest Firmware update broke the jailbreakme exploit.

By: avian00

avian00 — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:05:00 +0000

So in summary…

1) Jailbreak your iPhone (beyond the scope of this HowTo, but incredibly convoluted and error-prone).
2) Install whatever you want, including a VNC server via Cydia (ridiculously simple after you’ve Jailbroken).

Hate to be a snob, but I’m not sure this is such an amazing HowTo. Especially given Apple’s latest Firmware update broke the jailbreakme exploit.

By: Roger45365

Roger45365 — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:59:00 +0000

Um your wrong. Myphonedesktop does mms photo sharing phone & phone calls from your computer. Its in the Apple App Store.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:53:00 +0000

Well I knew that difference, I was only talking about application. As the below post indicates, texting is probably one good application for some who does a lot of it. Also useful, if you must send an email from the iphone/ipad.

By: Josh Fox

Josh Fox — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:27:56 +0000

There are actually some uses for this, since nobody's mentioned any in the comments here. I haven't found any easy ways to record a screencast natively on my iPod Touch, this could bring that to light. Maybe it's just in my nature, but it could also be good for conducting pranks on an unsuspecting target.

Just an added note. SSH is remote access. VNC is remote USE.

By: Varun Kashyap

Varun Kashyap — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:06:00 +0000

It really depends on how you use your phone. If you do a lot of texting, then you can type the messages using your computer’s keyboard. You can be installing applications and checking your phone sitting in other room or even over the Internet. Again not something everyone does, but the possibilities are endless.

By: Amaan 1996

Amaan 1996 — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:52:00 +0000

SSH just lets you use the Terminal. Here it’s the GUI you’re going to be using through your computer.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:51:00 +0000

Since I use ssh to login remotely, not sure what advantages VNC will offer, will definitely give it a try.

By: jhpot

jhpot — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:45:00 +0000

I’m going to try this. Can’t think of an instance it might be useful, personally, but I do think it would be a lot of fun.